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Capital markets bankers are alert to the possibility that growing awareness of the need to transition away from fossil fuels — acknowledged explicitly by all signatories to the Paris Agreement for the first time in the COP26 agreement in Glasgow — could begin to sap the bond market access of oil and gas companies.
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EU and US need to offer developing world more to secure an ambitious deal
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Fund to help Latin America meet national targets set out in the Paris Agreement
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Some 20 countries candidates for debt for conservation, says Credit Suisse sustainability chief
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Whenever an ESG debt capital markets transaction catches the attention of the mainstream press, it tends to put noses out of joint among those who did not participate.
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Next NDCs should be sooner than five years to set sustainable trajectory
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Hertz to accelerate energy transition in rental car sector
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EM sovereigns make bold pleas for climate cash
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Issuer picks Scope 3 emissions as focus but LBO target history keeps order book slim
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Map of agreements on green activities could become kernel of international standard
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COP 26 — a GC Podcast special by Ralph Sinclair, Toby Fildes, Jon Hay and Lewis McLellan
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Labelled issuance now accounts for at least one in four euro senior transactions
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More than just huge sums of money are needed to get the job done
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Calls for punishing capital requirements miss the point
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Governments speak up on lack of funding, as investors say ESG agenda has anti-EM bias
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Scheme will bring clarity to thorny issue for capital markets
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ESG specialists from outside banking appeal to hiring managers because of lower salaries
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Greens criticise group’s tolerance for fossil fuels
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Slew of COP 26 developments aims at ditching coal for clean energy
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Despite hopes that crowds would lessen, the wait to enter the venue remained as long on Wednesday as on Tuesday
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The European Investment Bank is promising to provide financing only to companies that are Paris-aligned or working towards it
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Rich countries pledge $12bn but Amazon may not survive
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Platform to provide loans to emerging markets aligned with the Paris Agreement
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ESG bonds flourish as climate targets come into more focus, but the work in Asia is only beginning
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Complexity of forest risks makes united message from financiers crucial
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Financial help needed to kickstart difficult parts of transition
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Growing investor scrutiny over ESG threatens funding access
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Long lines to get in mar exciting atmosphere at COP26
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Resilient Water Accelerator aims to bring clean water to 50m people by 2030 — and could use the capital markets to help it deliver
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Housing finance can deliver huge reductions in greenhouse emissions, according to the head of the European covered bond lobby group
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Prime minister Modi expects climate change causers to help the sufferers
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Investors need to know pace of change, but direction is clear
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Bankers and investors say the UK climate conference could have profound effect on corporate finance
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The PRA believes capital requirements can be useful in addressing the consequences of climate change
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Credit fund manager appoints Ross Curran as head of responsible investing
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As larger, more centralised sustainability teams continue to spring up at investment banks, one pressing question is where they are going to find the staff they need.
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